sprung

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spɹʌŋ/ (Northern England, Midlands) IPA(key): /spɹʊŋ/ (Northern England, Midlands, without the NG-coalescence) IPA(key): /spɹʊŋɡ/ Rhymes: -ʌŋ === Verb === sprung simple past and past participle of spring === Adjective === sprung (comparative more sprung, superlative most sprung) Fitted or cushioned with springs. Near-synonym: spring-loaded (of a spring or other springy object) Worn out such that the springiness has dissipated. (slang, African-American Vernacular) Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest; originally and literally, having a penile erection. (Australia, slang) Caught doing something illegal or against the rules. (slang, dated) drunk. (obsolete, nautical, of a spar) cracked or strained. ==== Usage notes ==== The adjective sprung, unlike (say) infatuated, does not normally take a complement; a person may be infatuated with someone, but is simply sprung. As with crazy or gaga, the target of the emotion is normally indicated by surrounding context; this is seen in the 1992 and 2003 quotations above. However, while relatively uncommon, it is possible for sprung to take a complement, construed with a preposition such as over (much like gaga); this is seen in the 2005 quotation above. ==== Synonyms ==== (infatuated): smitten, taken; see also Thesaurus:in love (caught doing something illegal): caught with a hand in the cookie jar, red-handed (cracked or strained): crazed, splintered; see also Thesaurus:broken (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk ==== Antonyms ==== unsprung ==== Derived terms ==== coil-sprung leaf-sprung ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (infatuation) boing ==== References ==== (drunk): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary == Middle English == === Noun === sprung (Early Middle English, West Midland) alternative form of spryng == Old High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sprungi, from Proto-Germanic *sprungiz, related to *springaną. Compare Dutch sprong. === Noun === sprung m jump ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: sprung German: Sprung ==== References ==== Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “sprung”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 6th edition